Guidelines
plays we've read: Casina, Pseudolus, Truculentus, Eunuchus, Self-Tormentor, Amphitryon, Menaechmi, Captivi
some examples:
direct receptions of Casina: Machiavelli's Clizia (1525), Beaumarchais's The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
indirect receptions of Casina (cross-dressing, gender-play, deception, parody of marriage): Some Like it Hot (1959), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
indirect receptions of Pseudolus (clever slave/subordinate figure, metacommentary to audience, metatheater): Horse Feathers (1932), Blazing Saddles (1974), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Fleabag (2016, 2019), mockumentaries (e.g. The Office)
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